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HackSpace magazine #10

“Drones, multirotors, flying machines – call them what you like – they’re taking over our skies. We show you how to build your own so you can fully customise it for exactly your needs. We also chat with Stephen Tranovich about …

Ice Confirmed at the Moon’s Poles

“In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has directly observed definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon’s surface. These ice deposits are patchily distributed and could possibly be ancient. At the …

IoT Smart Home System

“This is Keefe and Jons Smart home system on iot This application is a smart home system which is divided into 2 main components. The first component is the smart door system which consists of a doorbell, access card system …

It’s a ‘flying motorbike’! Impressive homemade drone takes off with its Chinese inventor on board

“A homemade ‘flying motorcycle’ has taken to the skies, with its inventor on board. Zhao Deli, 40, was lifted into the air by eight propellers in Tangxia town, Dongguan city, south China’s Guangdong province. Mr Zhao designed and built …

It’s All in the Mix: Julich Researchers are Developing Fast-Charging Solid-State Batteries

“There are currently great hopes for solid-state batteries. They contain no liquid parts that could leak or catch fire. For this reason, they do not require cooling and are considered to be much safer, more reliable, and longer lasting than …

Light-Emitting Nanoparticles Could Provide a Safer Way to Image Living Cells

“A research team has demonstrated how light-emitting nanoparticles, developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), can be used to see deep in living tissue. The specially designed nanoparticles can be excited by …

Make It Bubble

“Who doesn’t love getting a bottle of bubbles to have fun with friends and pets? What’s that? You get tired of all that blowing? Circuit Playground Express comes to the rescue. Along with the Crickit robotics controller, you …

Making light work of quantum computing

“Light may be the missing ingredient in making usable quantum silicon computer chips, according to an international study featuring a University of Queensland researcher. The team has engineered a silicon chip that can guide single particles of light – photons – along …

Matriz Led 5x4 Digispark

“Bicycle Directional LightsFantastic Auto Lights Following the theme of charlieplexing, searching the network I found a circuit of a led matrix, in which text can be moved, the matrix is ​​4x5 and only uses 5 pins, ideal for use with …

MAX32660 Motion Co-Processor

“Super-small, ultra-low-power 96 MHz Cortex M4F co-processor manages sensors and processes data allowing the MCU host attend to other things. Small breakout board using the 1.6 mm x 1.6 mm MAX32660 96 MHz Cortex M4F MCU as a …